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BAKL-A'ETACEKNG KEANE Application no a ril ta, ieio. Serial Ito. aeaeoo.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that ll, MARC Rnsnn, a citizen of the United States, residin at Cleveland Heights, in the county of uyahoga and Stateof Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in'Bail-Attaching Means, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawin.

This invention relates to means for attaching bails to vessels, esmcially to vessels made of lass or the like.

e object of the invention is to prov de simple and inexpensive means through which bails may be attached to vessels, especially vessels of vitreous-or like material in a particularly facile, expeditious and economical manner; and to this end the invention consists generally in providin a member wherewith a bail may be interlocked, preferably for swinging movement, and without the use of tools; and which member may then be applied to a vesseland held in place, preferably by means innate of itselfthe parts co-acting after assembly to prevent disengagement of the bail from the member.

A construction through which the foregoing objects is accomplished is illustrated in the drawing accompanying and forming a part hereof, and wherein Fig. 1. is a side e evation ofa vessel having a bail attached to it by the means of my invention; Fig. 2,is a sectional detail through adjacent parts of the bail attaching member andvessel showing the bail connection; Fi 3 shows the bail attaching member in section and removed from the vessel, with the bail hanging vertically therefrom; Fig. t is an elevational view of the parts of F1 3, showing the perpendicular relation 0 bail and member; Fig. 5 shows the parts of F ig, 3 separated; Fig. 6 is a section through the bail attaching member revealing its normal cross-section, the view bein taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 shows the ends of the bail attaching member separated; and Fig. 8 is an inside view of the connected ends of the member.

A vessel which ma be of glass and in the resent instance is s own in the form of a Eottle is designated 1, and near its upper end is provided with a circumferential groove 2.

3 isa hail attachin member that is shown in the form of a meta band having its upper and lower edges curled inward to provide beds or flanges 5 and 6, respectively. lntermediate its edges, the web of the member 3 is creased inwardly to produce a ridge 7.

One end of the band or member 3 is reduced in width to provide a tongue 8, and inward for a suitable distance from the reduced end the curled over edges or beads 5 and 6 are cut away, as indicated at 5 and 6, respectivel The opposite end of the band is provide with a transverse slot 9. After the bail has been attached to the band in a manner hereinafter explained and the hand drawn amut the vessel with its head 6 engaged within the groove 2 and its ridge 7 overlying the upper end of the vessel, the

tongue 8 may be projected through slot 9' and bent back over the adjacent opposite end portion of the band, as shown in 1g. 1; and

the curled over edges of the end of the band that is provided with slot 9, are left open sullicient y to receive the edged portions 5 and 6 of the tongued end of the band. This manner of connecting the ends of the band will be readily understood from an inspection of Figs. 1, 7 and 8.

At diametrically opposite points the material of the band or member 3 is bulged outwardly above the ledge 7, as indicated at 10, and the upper slope of the bulged portion is perforated at ll.

12 is a bail that is adapted to be connected to the band or member 3 by means of its hooked ends 13. When the band or member 3 is free from the vessel, the bail 12 may be placed in a plane at right angles to that of the band or member as -indicated in Fig. 5. When the parts are in this position it is an easy matter to insert the hooked ends 13 of the bail downwardly through the apertures 11, in which condition they are represented in Fig. 3. As the bail is turned one way or the other from a right angular position with respect to the plane of member 3, its disconnection from the member is prevented by the engagement of its hooked ends with the side or bottom walls of apertures 11. After the bail is thus connected to the member 3, the member is placed about the vessel as above explained, and when the parts are so assembled, the bail is prevented from resunning its former right angular relation to the band or member 3 by engagement with the sides of the vessel.

Thus it will be seen that my invention provides a simple andv efiicient means of attaching a bail to a vessel, particularly a vessel meagre of glass or the like, in a very convenient and cheap manner.

The advantage of my invention will be more fully appreciated when it is recalled that heretofore it has been necessary to bend over or otherwise treat the ends of the bail after they had been projected through the apertures of the article to which the bail was to be attached. This operation was expedited by the aid of a press, but at the best was awkward and consumed considerable time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination of a vessel having a circumferential groove a band designed to encircle the vessel and having a part onengagement within said groove thereby to hold the band in place upon the vessel, a bail having parts for interlocking engagement with and disengagement from portions of the band when the bail occupies a given position with respect to the band, the vessel serving to prevent the bail from assuming said given position when the band is applied to the vessel.

2. The combination of a vessel having a circumferential groove spaced downward from its upper end, a band designed to en-' circle the vessel and having its lower edge directed inwardly for engagement Within the groove and a part designed to overlie the upper end of the vessel, the band having outwardly bulged portions that are disposed substantially diametrically opposite each other, the upper slope of each bulged portion having an aperture, a bail having its ends turned inwardly to provide hooks that may be engaged through said apertures when the bail occupies a position below and substantially perpendicular to the plane of the band, the vessel being so proportioned that when the band is applied to the vessel, the bail will engage the side of the vessel and thereby be prevented from assuming the aforesaid perpendicular relation to the band.

3. In combination with a vessel, for attachment to said vessel, said member having outwardly bulged portions that are a membersel the bail will engage the side of the vessel and thereby be preventedjrom assuming the aforesaid perpendicular relation to the member.

4. In combination, a vessel, a member for application thereto, and a bail for attachment to the member, the member and bail having parts which are designed to be interengaged with each other for attaching the bail to the member when the bail and member occupy a position with respect to each other which relative position the parts are prevented from assuming by reason of the presence of the vessel when said member is applied to the vessel.

5. The combination of a member designed to be removably applied to a vessel and having bail receivingapertures, and a. bail having its ends formed for detachable engage-' ment within said apertures, the parts being I so shaped and proportioned that the attachment of the bail Wit-h the member and its detmhment therefrom are possible only when the bail occupies a position with respect to the member which is impossible of assuming when the member is applied to a vessel.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my ,MABC RESEK.

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